A U.S.-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance Sunday ousted Daesh (ISIS) from a bastion in northeastern Syria near the Iraqi border, it said. The Syrian Democratic Forces, supported by U.S.-led coalition air power, have been battling to expel the militants from the last villages they hold in...

A Palestinian man in the eastern Gaza Strip was injured on Sunday by Israeli army gunfire, according to Palestinian medical sources. “The man was struck by Israeli army gunfire east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip,” a Palestinian medic, who spoke anonymously due to security...

An Arab-led coalition conducted air strikes on Yemen's Hudaida airport on Sunday to support forces trying to seize control from Iran-aligned Houthi fighters, who are facing their biggest challenge in the war, Saudi and Houthi-run media reported. Warplanes carried out five strikes on the port...

Switzerland came up with a spirited performance in holding five-time champions Brazil to a 1-1 draw in their World Cup opener on Sunday.  Brazil came out guns ablazing and went ahead in the 11th minute on a tantalizing long strike by Philippe Coutinho. But Switzerland stood up to...